Getting Away with Murder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6002111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Dale (0000-0003-2667-0910, College of Law, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-103 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/ahr.111.1.95 |
| OpenAlex | W2107671008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The historically high homicide rates in the United States have often been treated as an evidence of a violent national character. This article suggests that those rates should be considered from a different perspective, one that looks not only at rates of homicide but also at the lenient way the criminal justice system treated many homicide cases. What was it about American justice that led juries acquit so often? Why did juries or judges sentence convicted killers more leniently than law required? This article looks at some 19th century cases from South Carolina to raise some questions for future research
Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Homicide · Perspective (graphical · Poison control · Political science · Sentence · Sociology · Suicide prevention · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |